Nutrition

Annabel Rabiyah holding a platter of zangula at a Jewish food festival

The Awafi Kitchen Connects Iraqi and Jewish Food Cultures

By Ray Levy Uyeda

February 1, 2021

Annabel Rabiyah is raising awareness of a shared culinary history in her Boston-based pop-up.

Questions Remain about Big Food’s Influence on the New Dietary Guidelines

January 28, 2021

child drinking a large soda

As COVID-19 Ups the Stakes, Advocates Say Prison Food Needs an Overhaul

By Nadra Nittle

January 21, 2021

an inmate receives a fresh orange instead of unhealthy prison food

Is Fonio the Ancient Grain of the Future?

January 4, 2021

a bowl of the ancient grain superfood fonio

Some First Nations Are Fighting Fish Farms in BC to Protect Their Waters and Cultures

By David Moskowitz

December 7, 2020

Two members of the Wuikinuxv First Nation prepare wild salmon to feed to guests to their territory during the annual Tribal Canoe Journey, which brings together First Nations from across the Pacific Northwest.

Happy Meals Could Get Healthier Under a Proposed Maryland Law

By Gabriel Pietrorazio

November 16, 2020

A healthy happy meal inside a mcdonald's restaurant in San Francisco, California.

Op-ed: The New York Times Fridge Quiz Is a Referendum on Class and Whiteness

By Erica Carson

November 2, 2020

The inside of a refrigerator. (Photo CC-licensed by Robert Nagle)

Black Grandmothers Feed their Communities, and Pass on Food Traditions—Online

By Hannah Wallace

October 21, 2020

Two of the Grandma's Hands chefs posing in the kitchen. (Photo credit: Robin Franzen Parker)

Nutrition Education is Helping Low-Income Families Eat Healthier

October 20, 2020

A child eating fresh produce. Photo courtesy of USDA.

By Switching to a Plant-Based Diet, Eric Adams Is ‘Healthy at Last’

By Nadra Nittle

October 9, 2020

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams points to a healthy eating poster at the Lower East Side Girls Club. (Photo credit: Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP's Office)

Op-ed: The Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods Is Bad News for Our Health

By Phillip Baker, Mark Lawrence and Priscilla Machado

September 17, 2020

Dozens of kinds of potato chips, corn chips, and other ultra-processed foods in the supermarket. (Photo credit: Mike Mozart)

Edible Education Goes Online in the COVID Era

September 9, 2020

Teacher Pearlya is leading an online food education class.

Civil Eats TV: Meet the Queen of Vegan Cheese

By The Civil Eats Editors

September 1, 2020

Miyoko Schinner of Miyoko's Creamery poses with her "powerfully vegan" tattoo on her farm where she works to end animal cruelty

Op-ed: Will the Real ‘Whole Grain’ Please Stand Up?

August 28, 2020

loaves of whole grain bread and freshly milled whole grain wheat

Perennial Vegetables Are a Solution in the Fight Against Hunger and Climate Change

By Virginia Gewin

August 19, 2020

a field of perennial vegetables, including artichokes, growing in france.

Changes to School Meals Have Made Low-Income Kids Healthier. Will They Last?

August 10, 2020

School meals being handed out on the first day of a meal program launched by Des Moines Public Schools during its pandemic shutdown. (Photo CC-licensed by Phil Roeder)

Should the Dietary Guidelines Help Fight Systemic Racism?

By Gosia Wozniacka

July 28, 2020

a woman of color and her child cook a healthy meal

College Food Pantries Are Reinventing Ways to Feed Students

July 27, 2020

Volunteers pack up boxes of food to be distributed to those in need at the distribution center of the Capital Area Food Bank on April 9, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

COVID Brought SNAP Users Online. Advocates Say Mega-Retailers Are Selling Them Junk Food

By Nicole Rasul

July 23, 2020

young people pull processed food out of a box of online snap orders

Food Companies Step Up Funding for Organic Farming Research

July 13, 2020

organic farm researcher testing soil health

Working with Airline Caterers, this Startup Nonprofit Has Delivered Over a Million Meals

By Brendan Seibel

May 7, 2020

delivering airline meals to the hungry with project isaiah and gate gourmet. Photo courtesy of Project Isaiah

Their Restaurants Closed, Chefs Take to Instagram to Help You Cook at Home

By Hannah Wallace

April 3, 2020

a montage of chefs teaching online cooking lessons

How to Support Farmers and Safely Shop at Farmers’ Markets

By Brie Mazurek

March 30, 2020

woman wearing a face mask shopping for produce and flowers

Stay-Put Cooking: How to Stock Your Pantry and Cook Down Your Fridge

By Kim O'Donnel

March 27, 2020

inside kim o'donnel's fridge

Fighting Hunger with Community in the Era of Coronavirus

By Robert Egger

March 13, 2020

neighbor bringing food to their elderly neighbor during the coronavirus pandemic